Chapter 19: Ten Juns in Sackcloth, Chen Family's Ancestral Tomb
"I ...... really am ...... Wu Yu." I barely said these words, and other words are nothing.
The man's fingertips slightly loosened, a wisp of air into the nasal cavity, it was like a life-saving elixir, I desperately gasped for breath.
"Did you forget the token at home?" The man added, "The old patriarch told me when he was alive that he left you an extremely important thing that you need to collect with the token. Think about it, it's a piece of jade, palm-sized hundred year old jade, engraved with the seal of the old patriarch, it's very simple. Did you leave it at home?"
As he spoke, the man let go of his hand completely, my neck was painful and spicy, it felt like blood must have come out, I gasped for air, thinking about what he said, still no memory at all.
Waiting until I recovered as normal, I shook my head and said, "There really isn't any token, and Old Mr. Chen didn't say he was going to give me anything, you must have remembered it wrong."
The man said suspiciously, "Are you serious?"
"Everything I said is true." I was afraid that he would come over and pinch me again, and while saying that, I hurriedly took a few steps back.
"Hahaha ......" But he laughed out loud, changing his vicious appearance just now, becoming pleasant and said, "Well, don't be afraid, won't pinch you again, you're the real Wu Yu!"
I froze, then suddenly realized, said, "You were testing me just now?"
"Not bad!" The man said, "Without testing, how can I be sure if you are the real Wu Yong? How dare you take you to where you should go without being sure?"
I looked at this man whose nerves seemed to be a bit abnormal with some bewilderment, but he came over with a friendly look on his face and even extended his hand towards me.
I shivered in fear and subconsciously shrunk my head, about to dodge, but he smiled and simply patted his hand on my shoulder, knocking off the dirt that had stuck to it when I fell to the ground just now.
"I'm Chen Hongren." He introduced himself, "Ranked fifth in the Chen family's Hong Zi generation, if you don't mind, you can call me Fifth Uncle."
"Good day, Fifth Uncle!" I called out with fear and trepidation.
"Hm." Chen Hongren smiled and said, "When I saw your face just now, I have already phased out that you are a Five Elements Deficient Person, and you should be the Wu Yu that the old patriarch saved back then."
"Ah?" I was both impressed and a little angry, "Then why do you still want to test me?"
"This is also a helpless move." Chen Hongren said, "Recently, there has been no peace in the Chen Village, and after just a few years of peace, we have been targeted again. We have already seen a number of uninvited guests, coming uninvited for unknown purposes, but traveling in a sneaky manner, not like someone from a prestigious sect. Yesterday there was someone just like you today, lying on the wall here."
I was stunned and said, "What was that person? What was doing?"
"Don't know." Chen Hongren shook his head and said, "That person is not like you, nothing, his ability is not low, is a serious art world of good hands, yesterday was I cross-examined, a word will be namely hands, I hurt him, but also let him run. Alas ...... it is a pity that the present Chenjia Village is no longer the Chenjia Village of the past years, and there are only a handful of experts left behind, not to mention the five great clan elders and the ten juns of the hemp clothes, but only by virtue of the fifty clan ding, if they are still there, how can they let the small and petty generation come and go as they please?"
I don't know what to say, it was only later that I realized that the so-called five elders of the clan are the five masters of the "Han" generation of the Chen Village in the past, that is, the generation of Chen Hansheng; the ten juns in hemp clothes are the ten masters of the "Hong" generation, and this Chen Hongren is ranked third among the ten juns in hemp clothes! This Chen Hongren is ranked third among the ten juns! Fifty clan Ding, is the Chen family village to protect the backbone of the village, to the five row number, respectively, is gold one, wood one, water one, fire one, earth has been to gold ten, wood ten, water ten, fire ten, earth ten, each is extraordinary good hands!
I don't know how to answer, Chen Hongren has already spoken on his own, said: "Although I don't know what the specific purpose of that person to come, but I think nine times out of ten, it will be related to 'Yi Shan Gong Lu'. This strange book of physiognomy, even if it is only half a volume, there will be countless people salivating over it."
I had previously heard Chen Hongde speak about the past events of the Sackcloth God and the Chen family, and of course, I knew the preciousness of the Record of the Duke of Yi Shan, which was the number one wondrous book in the world of physiognomy.
I heard Chen Hongren continue, "I'm afraid that most of the people who have heard about this recently are here for this reason, and if they want to find this book, they have to go to three places, one is the old patriarch's house, one is the Chen family temple, and the other is the Chen family's ancestral tomb. The temple and the ancestral tomb are guarded by special people, idle people can't get close at all, only here the defense is weak, so I'm just guarding the vicinity, as soon as there is a breeze, I will show up. Only, it's true that there's no Yi Shan Gong Record here, but Old Ancestor Chang's home, even if it's deserted, can't let the outlaws get their hands on it."
I listened in awe and nodded vigorously.
Chen Hongren said, "It is because of this that I am doubly careful, even if I can see that you are a Five Elements deficient person, I still have to test and test you. For one thing, I'm afraid that another Five Elements Deficient Person will impersonate you and come here to cheat; for another, I'm afraid that you are no longer the Wu Wu of the past, and that your mind has changed; for another, I'm afraid that you're under someone's spell, and that you're harboring evil intentions. Therefore, if you dare to say that you have a token just now, or that you forgot it at home, I will dare to get you killed, do you believe me?"
I shivered and said, "I believe."
"Alright, let's not talk about this." Chen Hongren said, "Come with me."
I froze for a moment and said, "Where to?"
"Aren't you coming to see the old patriarch?" Chen Hongren said, "I'll take you there."
"Old Grandfather didn't pass away?" I said with great joy.
"Passed away." Chen Hongren said faintly, saying, "Take you to pay your respects to him."
I was stunned, but I saw Chen Hongren squeezing his eyes towards me, the corner of his mouth revealing a meaningful smile, which instantly made me a little confused again.
Did Chen Hansheng pass away or not?
I'm not sure anymore.
"Sixteenth brother, I'll leave first, you keep an eye on this place, broadcast the alarm immediately if there's any emergency that you can't cope with! Never try to be brave!"
"Yes, Fifth Brother!"
Chen Hongren seemed to have said a few words into the air, and then there was an immediate voice response, I couldn't tell where this "sixteenth brother" was hiding, I couldn't help but spit out my tongue, the people of the Chen Clan Village were really powerful.
"Let's go." Chen Hongren said to me, and left first.
I dully followed Chen Hongren, after walking two steps, I couldn't help but ask, "Where is Uncle Hongde?"
"Passed away."
"Ah? Then ...... where is Grandma Zeng Zi e?"
"Passed away."
"What about that Chen Hongdao and Chen Yuanfang?"
"Both passed away."
"How could this be!" I was so shocked that I broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Aren't they all still very young? That Chen Yuanfang was only four or five years older than me!"
"You do remember clearly." Chen Hongren turned his head and smiled at me, saying, "You just need to remember that when outsiders ask you about them, you will say that they have passed away. As for whether it is really passed away or fake passed away, you are clear in your heart not on the line."
I stayed for a moment, said: "But I am not clear."
Chen Hongren said, "You are clear."
I was speechless, how can I say this?
Chen Hongren and I traveled east for more than a hundred feet, and then turned to the north, around the pond in the village, slowly ran to the Chen Village ancestral tomb.
At this time the sky was already dark, the time is already night.
Have not yet come to the Chen family ancestral tomb near, just from a distance, I was shocked, the ancestral tomb is a large cemetery! In the garden of pines and cypresses, stone monuments, a grave silent and solemn, in the night, looks hazy unreal but real.
Our village is not small, but there is no such large, spectacular cemetery. It is true that people are more angry than people, and villages are not villages.
Before Chen Hongren and I could enter, a sharp whistle suddenly rose, followed by two black shadows arriving negligently, blocking in front of us, startling me.
"Ninth brother, twelfth brother, it's me, Hongren." Chen Hongren didn't wait for the visitors to speak before speaking.
"It's fifth brother."
The person who came should be the ninth and twelfth ranked tomb guardians of the "Hong" generation in the Chen family.
After seeing Chen Hongren clearly, the tomb guard hurriedly blew the whistle in his hand, and a whistle sounded in the distance in response, which was an indication that the person who came was an acquaintance and could be relieved of his guard.
Gravekeeper will I carefully measured, surprised: "This is?"
"Wu Yu." Chen Hongren said indifferently.
"Oh!" As if the tomb guard suddenly realized, he said, "Please come in!"
Chen Hongren nodded and said, "You guys stand down, and by the way, greet Old Fifteen."
These two grave guards retreated as they were told, the whistles in the darkness came together and fell, and in a matter of moments, the large cemetery returned to silence, with only a faint white atmosphere, making people feel that it seemed to be much colder here than elsewhere.
"Let's go." Chen Hongren said.
